The nominations for the 17th Annual OFTA Film awards were announced on Sunday, January 27, 2013.
Best Picture nominee Les Misérables led the nominations with 17 while Lincoln came in second with 13. The eight other films nominated for Best Picture are Amour, Argo, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty. All five Best Director nominees were among this year’s Best Picture nominees, the nominations going to Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Michael Haneke, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg.